Type

Duration

Cultures

Shelf mark

Subjects

Recording date

1974 to 1975

Recording locations

KwaZulu Natal South Africa

Recordist

Rycroft, David, 1924-1997

Speakers

Buthelezi, Mangosuthu, 1924- (male)

Description

Princess Magogo provides an example of a hand-clapping song (this is called ukunqukuza and is a style of hand-clapping used by the Zulu people, in which they cup their hands to produce a hollow sound). This song is performed when a girl menstruates for the first time. This song is sung by the girl and her peers in the seclusion of her mothers hut during the private Thomba initiation ceremony, and is classified as an ukubhina initiation song (Rycroft, D.,1975, 'A Royal Account of Music in Zulu Life with Translation, Annotation, and Musical Transcription', Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol 38, No 2, 353). Very good quality recording.

Metadata record:

Ye! Bheje! (O! Bheje!).

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